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s'PECIFICA'I'ION TO ALL WHOMIT MAY CONCERN: y

Be it knovfn that I, E. A. G. ROULSTONE, of Roxbury', in the county of Norfolk,and` Stateof Massachusetts, have invented :ri Improvement in Travelling Bags; and I 'do hereby declare that the following, taken inj connection with the drawings which accompany and form part ofthis specification, isa description of my inven-` tion vsniicient to enable those skilled in the art to practise it.

The invention relates to the construction of travelling bags or portmanteaus, and particularly in the manner of applying the bag, leather, or body to its frame, and to a covering 'of said frarnc,`the`4 purpose of the invention l being to simplify the mannfacturewhile at the same time: Vproducing a very durable and nished bag. "In carrying out my invention', I form each half .or jaw of the frame of a plate or strip of metal bent around for;

the upper side and ends of the hagas usual, anditnrn'in from this strip a lange, having a series of slots or holes formed all along its' surface; and against theouter-'side of this lange I apply together the inner edge of the body leather, a Welt piece, and one edg'eoffa coveringstrip for the frame, the last-named piece being `next tol the ila-nge. y I then pass the frame-covering strip over the frame, turn it over the outer edge of the sameQthen carry it along the inner faceof the frame audits flange, and thence around.` the flange edge and over the edges rst placedagainst the ange and this done the three parts of the frame-covering strip, the edge of the'bodyand l the welt, lying together on opposite sides of theia-nge, are `stitched through the slots formed in the ange, thus securing the body and frame and frame-cover together by a single 'series orline ot stitches. i

This i's the constriiction constituting my `present invention, and; the drawing represents, at A, a crosssection of a bag embodying the same, the detail B, showing a view of a part of the frame flange, aud' (`la` zeroes-section of a portion of the frame, enlarged from the main view to show more clearly the arrangement and i method of4 uniting the parts.

For the better understanding of the construction, thel bag is shown as having no lining, and the singleheavy black lines at A denoting the leather or material making upthe body of the bag and the covering of the frame. A Y

adenotes the body having a general construction in any suitable manner; b b, the framestoivhch the body is fastened.` Each frame, b, has a flange, c, turned in from it, as seen- 4a1; A and C, and all along this Harige are punched slots, (i, as seen at B. Against the inner surface of tliislilangel first lay one A edge of a strip of leather, or other material, e, placing against that a welt, f, and against that one edge of thebody a; thenI draw the strip e all around the outer and inner surfaces f the frame, as seen at C, carrying it down across the outer face and around the edge' of theilange to and over the inner surface of the edge of the body a, before mentioned, as placed against the welt; then I stitch all these i layers togetherand secure them to the frame b i by a series of stitches, g, passing, `through the slots J. The welt f may be `formed of la single thickness,.but preferably of a strip doubled and corded at'the fold, as seen in the dravvings, the cord forming a bead between the frame and the body, impartinga finished appearance to the bag. -This welt, however, may be dispensed with, the other parts having ,the same relative arrangement, as shown. In forming the `frame I` consider it.

preferable to turn the edge of the flange a little, as Yseen at z', as' the parts may be more tightly strained together by the stitches, and the recess made by such bend forms a groove in one frame `for Vtheedgeof the opposite' one to shut into when the bag is closed, It will readily be seen that, though this construction is exceedingly neat and durable, there is no particular amount-of c-:tra material used, no extrawork isrcquired, and the manipula@ 'tion of the parts to bring them into position is very simple. y l

I claim the arrangement and manner of connecting together the body, the frame, and the frame-cover,`

substantially as shown and described, I also claim combining with the frame and its covering and the` bd'y the Welt secured to the frame-covering'and body, substantially as set forth. y

" i E. A. G. ROULSTONE.`

Witnesses:

F. GoULn, L. B. KIDDER. 

